The Federation of Nepali Journalists has decided to exert pressure on media houses to implement the provision of minimum salary. A meeting of Working Journalists’ Interest Promotion Committee lead by...
Stung by criticism over a number of controversial bills, including the Media Council Bill and Information Technology Bill, the government has decided to hold back its plan to present the Mass Communication Bill...
Kathmandu, July 9 Khimlal Bhattarai, chief whip of ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) in the National Assembly, today said NCP lawmakers were serious about the concerns and issues raised by...
ederation of Nepali Journalists organised a ‘press freedom assembly’ today as part of its third phase of protest against the Media Council Bill. On the occasion, civil society members flayed...
KATHMANDU: Registration, renewal, regulation and archiving of mass communication media — including FM radio, cable television networks, print and online media — will now take place from the Office of the...
Kathmandu, June 28: Minister for Communication and Information Technology Gokul Prasad Baskota has said that any reshuffle of the Council of Ministers is the prerogative of the Prime Minister. “I...
Opposition leaders flayed the KP Sharma Oli-led government in the House of Representatives today for ‘bringing bills to curtail people’s religious and cultural freedom, freedom of expression, press freedom and...
The Federation of Nepali Journalists today launched its third phase of protest against the Media Council Bill tabled by the government in the Federal Parliament. A press statement issued by...
Galvanised by news reports and social media posts about the arrest of comedian Pranesh Gautam for a film review, dozens of people took to the streets of Kathmandu on Wednesday...
KATHMANDU, June 12: The Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) has unveiled third-phase of protest on Tuesday demanding withdrawal of the controversial Media Council Bill from parliament. Accusing the government of...
The Federation of Nepali Journalists has announced its third phase of protests demanding withdrawal of the controversial Media Council Bill from the Parliament. According to FNJ, the bill has provisions...
Hundreds of working journalist today took to the street at Babarmahal-Maitighar road segment, forming a human chain to protest against the Media Council Bill tabled in the Parliament. Journalists protesting...
Kathmandu, May 28 The Federation of Nepali Journalists today held an interaction with lawmakers representing various political parties at the House of Representatives and National Assembly on Nepal Media Council...
Senior leader of Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Madhav Kumar Nepal has suggested that the government must be ready to address the genuine concerns of mediapersons regarding the controversial Media Council...
Amid journalists’ protest against the Media Council Bill, presented by the government in Parliament, some senior leaders of the ruling Nepal Communist Party too have stood against it. Journalists’ umbrella...
KATHMANDU: Editors from Nepali Press fraternity have today issued a joint statement demanding the withdrawal of the much controversial Media Council Bill. The statement issued by 21 editors associated with...
KATHMANDU, May 23: Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara has underscored formulation of delegated legislation in accordance with the sentiments of laws and constitution in the country. At an interaction program organized...
Federation of Nepali Journalists Chair Govinda Acharya today warned that if the government didn’t address their concerns regarding the media bills, including Medial Council bill, the media fraternity would form...
Federation of Nepali Journalists, which concluded its first phase of protests against the controversial Media Council Bill on Friday, announced fresh protest programmes today. A meeting of the FNJ central...
After widespread criticism of the Media Council bill from all sections of society, censure has begun to appear from inside the ruling Nepal Communist Party itself. A number of senior...